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Seabourn Spirit

is the second of three former Seabourn cruise ships to join Windstar’s Power Yacht fleet. </p><p>The ex- SeabournSpirit comes a year after the nearly identical Star Pride (formerly Seabourn Pride) and will be followed next month by

passenger Star Breeze in Nice, France, last week. Windstar spent $8.5 million renovating the 1989-built, former SeabournSpirit , the second of three former Seabourn ships joining the Windstar fleet. The ship's first voyage was a four-day

over the word "Breeze." </p><p>The 1989-built ship, which originally sailed for Seabourn Cruises as the SeabournSpirit , just emerged from an $8.5 million, three-week refit at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard. The ship

and entrepreneur Wendy Perrin godmother of the Star Breeze, a yacht currently sailing for Seabourn Cruises as the SeabournSpirit that will be relaunched on May 6. Perrin is perhaps best known for her "Wendy's List" of recommended travel agents

and entrepreneur Wendy Perrin godmother of the Star Breeze, a yacht currently sailing for Seabourn Cruises as the SeabournSpirit .</p><p>Windstar will take delivery of the 212-passenger ship on April 15 and relaunch it as the Star Breeze on May 6, following

and new, expanded public areas. The vessel will replace capacity that will be reduced when the Seabourn Pride, SeabournSpirit , and Seabourn Legend are transferred to Windstar Cruises in April 2014, April 2015 and May 2015, respectively

Pirates of the Caribbean" and, in a somewhat surprising turn, he described his personal experiences aboard the SeabournSpirit when it was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. The coast of Somalia sees a hijacking incident about every three days

than 1,000 islands, it makes sense that the destination would appeal to cruise lines. This year, for example, SeabournSpirit is offering five departures of a 21-day Venice & Adriatic Charms voyage that includes a Marina Day, where passengers

also acquired the Grand Canyon-area Grand Hotel and Vermont Bicycling and Walking Vacations. The Seabourn Pride, SeabournSpirit and Seabourn Legend will be integrated into Windstar’s fleet over a two-year period beginning in the spring of

being put in hotels courtesy of Regent. Seabourn said there were a few cancellations and a few no-shows for the SeabournSpirit ’s seven-day sailing roundtrip from Venice. Its next sailing out of Europe is Wednesday, when the Seabourn Legend